Holding patents can be a lucrative and powerful position to be in. Here's a proposal for how nonprofit patent holders can do more for the common good – and live up to their end of the tax break bargain.

Years from now, she’ll probably be ready to part with her photo assistant.
Angela Waye/Shutterstock.comJuly 13, 2017

Jeff Bezos (right), now the world’s second-richest person, is charting a different course for his philanthropy than Bill Gates (left), the richest, and Warren Buffett (center), who has fallen to third place.
Reuters/Jim TannerJune 27, 2017